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Re: [Zope] GUF: Generic User Folder
by Jon Prettyman 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Not to mention, it will only authenticate DTML constructs, not content such as PDF's, static HTML files, ... -Jon "Evan Simpson" <evan(a)4-am.com> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pavlos Christoforou <pavlos(a)gaaros.com> > [setting AUTHENTICATED_USER by hand] > > > > Maybe you should make it into a HOWTO. It is really useful. > > I wouldn't recommend it; Changes in the implementation of the authentication > machinery will break this, probably in the next release. Even if that > weren't true, this trick would be discouraged. This sort of thing is > *really* best done at the Python level, in a Product. > > Cheers, > > Evan @ digicool & 4-am

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questions about zope, netscape web server and certificates
by Clarence.Pate＠bridge.bellsouth.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Hello all! I have been posting questions every couple of months concerning digital certificates and different types of authorization capabilities. I think I have finally convinced some people to look at using zope here at work. Does anyone have any tips or hints for using Zope with Netscape web server on HP-UX 10.2? I don't have any way to test this before I get started, and I need to have my ducks in a row before I start telling someone else how to make Zope work (I don't have access to the machine that will host Zope). I have used Zope on WinNT to display data from an Access database, and I have played around with Zope on Linux (I did not have time to recreate my Access database on Linux). One of the things that I am trying to accomplish besides just trying to get people to use Zope for more general stuff: 1. I need to allow users to login to Zope to approve requests for items (I am looking at using LoginManager, Wizards and ZopePTK) 2. I need to use digital certificates for authentication (Verisign has a module for Netscape web server which allows for certificate lookups to verify that the certifcate is valid and issued by us) 3. I need to pass through the user information from Netscape so that I can keep track of the user who is approving a request. 4. requests and approvals/denials will probably be stored in a rdbms, but some information may need to be stored in zodb for searches Clarence T. Pate

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DocumentTemplate Zen (QUEST)
by Oscar Picasso 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Hi everybody, I'm struggling with some concepts in Zope. The last one is the DocumentTemplate.HTMLFIle behavior. I was trying to run the Zen 'The (old) Product API Tutorial' examples when I came accross with this line of code that looked strange for me (maybe I don't know python enough): index_html = DocumentTemplate.HTMLFile('poll2.dtml') ... p = Poll("What's for breakfast?", ['spam', 'eggs', 'toast']) print p.index_html(p) ------------------^^^ It worked fine and rendered my form. But what looked strange to me was to give p as an argument. So I tried p.index_html: it gave me the dtml file (with < for < and so on). So fine depending on whether or not you provide an argument the rendering is different. I tried to read the sources to understand better that behavior. I read somethings about passing mapping object or keywords arguments. But the question is: As p.index_html is a DocumentTemplate.HTMLFile instance why can we provide it with arguments like if it were a method or if we were instantiating a class?

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XXX-PythonMethods caveats?
by Tony McDonald 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Hi all, I'm using Evan Simpsons' XXX-PythonMethods with great results (after a few false starts due to my ignorance!). However, in Guarded.py we have the following; # BEWARE OF THE LEOPARD! # Set 'do_XXX' true to allow creation of XXXPythonMethods # and ADD A MASSIVE GAPING SECURITY HOLE to Zope. # DON'T DO THIS unless you use secure connections for ALL OF # YOUR ADMINISTRATION or are RECKLESS and/or FEARLESS. # Even if you DON'T create ANY XXXPythonMethods, just turning this # on will PUT YOU AT RISK BIGTIME! Of course, I then set do_XXX=1 :) I only ever run my Zope servers under a non-priviledged account. Can anyone explain what sort of leopards I should look out for, as I can see that I'd want to use XXX-PythonMethods for a lot more things. Tone ps the icon for the XXX-PythonMethod object is way cool! :) ------ Dr Tony McDonald, FMCC, Networked Learning Environments Project http://nle.ncl.ac.uk/ The Medical School, Newcastle University Tel: +44 191 222 5888 Fingerprint: 3450 876D FA41 B926 D3DD F8C3 F2D0 C3B9 8B38 18A2

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more on DTML Templates
by Michael Halle 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Here is an update on DTML Templates, and a more in depth explanation of how they work. ** Update ** I've updated the DTMLTemplate product to allow commenting out block definitions and importing blocks using keyword arguments to the blocks() method. The new version is 0.3.0 Find DTMLTemplate at: http://www.zope.org/Members/halazar/Products/DTMLTemplate ** More Information ** Yesterday, Jonothan Farr (jfarr(a)real.com) asked about the differences between Templates and the var tag. Here's a short summary. The Template product consists of the "dtml-block" tag and the "DTML Template" document type. In a normal document, the dtml-block described below:: <dtml-block myblock> Block contents </dtml-block> works exactly like the following dtml:: <dtml-if myblock> <dtml-var myblock> <dtml-else> Block contents </dtml-if> In addition, blocks can be used to insert structured text directly into a DTML document (see the documentation for details):: <dtml-block mytext fmt="structured-text"> * this is * structured text! </dtml-block> DTML Templates use blocks in an additional way: to define DTML Methods that other objects can use. If the Template 'templ' contains the following lines:: <dtml-block myblock> Block contents </dtml-block> <dtml-block anotherblock> Another Block </dtml-block> Other, extraneous text. then 'templ' will have two block methods that other documents can access in this way:: <dtml-var "templ.myblock"> -> "Block contents" <dtml-var "templ.anotherblock"> -> "Another Block" Any document can also import all of the blocks of a Template into a local namespace:: <dtml-with "templ.blocks()"> <dtml-var myblock> <dtml-var anotherblock> </dtml-with> You can also refine blocks using Templates:: <dtml-block myblock> <dtml-var "templ.myblock"> with more stuff added </dtml-block> <dtml-var templ> yields:: Block contents with more stuff added Another block ** How is this stuff useful? ** I created Templates because I couldn't design complex and attractive web pages for Zope using Dreamweaver. I was always pulling out little chunks of HTML and putting them into individual methods. These chunks weren't valid HTML documents, so I couldn't edit them individually. With Templates, I create one document with all the HTML code I need, and block out regions of the HTML using dtml-block. I upload the templates (once!) to Zope, and instantly I've changed the definitions of all the template's block methods. If I need to make further changes, I can do it quickly in Dreamweaver. Templates really makes coherent web design with Zope workable. Hope this extra explanation helps. Michael Halle mhalle(a)media.mit.edu

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link checker with Zope
by Oai Luong 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Does anyone know how to use link checkers with Zope or know any link checker that will work with Zope ? My site has submission to my database that contains http links. I want to verify to see if they work. better yet any link checker that will connect to a postgres db and check tables for links and verify it. Thanks

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Issue Tracker Product "iTrack" 0.2.0 Released
by Shalabh Chaturvedi 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Hooray! My First Product. http://www.zope.org/Members/shalabh/iTrack/ iTrack is an Issue Tracking System. It allows a team of people to keep track of various issues about a project (or anything else under the Sun worth traking issues about, for that matter). Currently this is in development stage (Version 0.2.0) but usable, as long as you follow the instructions. Basic Idea: o Issues o FollowUps o Properties of an Issue - Title - Description - Type (WorkItem, CodeIssue) - AssignedTo (multiple selection of users) - Status (open, closed) - (some others not listed) o Types and States configurable through web For more information: http://www.zope.org/Members/shalabh/iTrack/Readme If you use this, I'd be glad to know. Enjoy! Shalabh ______________________________ Shalabh Chaturvedi icq://43284067 http://advogato.org/person/shalabh/

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GUF: Generic User Folder
by Hung Jung Lu 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Hi, I am starting to look into GUF, but the documentation is not very well done: it's a bit cryptic and disorganized, and makes too much assumptions on what the user knows. Where can I find more help/examples regarding GUF? The How-To in http://www.zope.org/Members/hippy/GUF_SQL_crypt is not too good, either. Arrghh... give me some more hints and I'll prepare another How-To, OK? :) Hung Jung ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Changing inheritance in ZClasses...
by jiva＠devware.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

How do I change the "base classes" for a ZClass after I have already created it? -- A mushroom cloud has no silver lining.

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Re: Methods in a Simple Class
by Alexandre Ratti 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Salut Olivier, Did you solve your issue below? If not, please reexplain what you are trying to achieve. If you want to render one of your ZClass with <dtml-var myClass> you may need to subclass "Renderable BaseClass" (available on the Zope site). Or I am barking up the wrong tree? Alexandre At 10:41 09/03/2000 -0800, you wrote: >From: "Olivier Deckmyn" <odeckmyn.list(a)teaser.fr> >Subject: [Zope] Methods in a Simple Class >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:48:41 +0100 > > >Hi all, > >I have built a trivial ZClass : CD (from CDProduct, from the guides). > >I try to add a DTML Method "render_short". >This method would render the CD Instance on one short line. > >My ZClass has simple attributes (artist : string, title : string, >description : text) > >I would like to be able to write this simple "render_short" DTML method like >: > > >Artist : <dtml-var artist> >Title : <dtml-var title> >Descr : <dtml-var description fmt="structured-text" newline_to_br> > >But when I insert a <dtml_var myCDInstance> in my index_html, I got a >exception : > >Error Type: KeyError >Error Value: artist > >There is no typo in my code... >How can I access to my ZClass instance attribute from inside its methods ? > > >Please help me :) > >Olivier

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